chemosynthesis
pronunciation
How to pronounce chemosynthesis in British English:
UK [ˌkemə'sɪnθɪsɪs]
How to pronounce chemosynthesis in American English:
US [ˌkemoʊ'sɪnθəsɪs]
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- Noun:
- synthesis of carbohydrate from carbon dioxide and water; limited to certain bacteria and fungi
Word Origin
- chemosynthesis (n.)
- 1898, from chemo- + synthesis.
Example
- 1. Many vent-site bacteria were found to be capable of chemosynthesis .
- 2. This process is called chemosynthesis , and a lot of different microbes can do it , microbes living in rocks and soils all over the world .
- 3. They 've also found that , in large areas of the seafloor , chemosynthesis may be as important to life as photosynthesis is elsewhere .
- 4. To use nitrate as electron donor in the electron transport chain during chemosynthesis .
- 5. Instead of photosynthesis , these organisms perform chemosynthesis to produce energy .